# In an op-ed, NYU Global Research Prof. Ian Bremmer explains the factors contributing to terrorism in Kenya

1 Faculty News April 10, 2015 ![TIME logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025660.jpg?itok=PFxttUnQ)>

Excerpt from [TIME](http://time.com/3817586/ian-bremmer-facts-explain-shabab-terror-attack-kenya/) -- "The fight against al-Shabab in East Africa is a regional effort. With 3,664 people deployed, Kenya provides fewer personnel to the UN-backed African Union Mission in Somalia than Uganda, Ethiopia or Burundi do. Yet it is Kenya that has borne the brunt of al-Shabab’s attacks outside Somalia. Since 2012, the group has killed over 600 people in Kenya."

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